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David Hussey

On scorecards: DJ Hussey · Right-hand bat

7
Seasons
64
Matches
1,322
Runs
SR 123.0
8
Wickets
econ 8.97
0
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2014 · Sources

David Hussey, a batter, played seven IPL seasons for three franchises.

The arrival

David Hussey arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹2.50 cr (US$625k), against a base price of ₹40 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 13 matches, 319 runs and 2 wickets at 10.00 an over.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2012, for Kings XI Punjab: 396 runs at an average of 33.0, striking at 129.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 68 not out.

With the ball, the best season was 2012, for Kings XI Punjab: 3 wickets at 7.00 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 2 for 2.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2.50 cr. 23 matches, 511 runs and 2 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹6.30 cr. 36 matches, 695 runs and 4 wickets.

2014, Chennai Super Kings. Arrived outside the auction. 5 matches, 116 runs and 2 wickets.

3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008 to 2010.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, David Hussey struck at 123.0. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.8, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 54% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 90 fours and 60 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 36.9% of the balls David Hussey faced were dot balls, a higher share than 58% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 17.9 balls, and a four every 11.9.

With the ball, 8 wickets in 317 deliveries, at 8.97 runs an over against a league rate of 7.75 for the same seasons: 1.22 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.

The fielding record: 25 catches and 5 run-outs.

At the auction

David Hussey went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹6.30 cr (US$1.40m), paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2011, more than 7 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2.50 cr in 2008, ₹6.30 cr by 2011.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

David Hussey made 64 IPL appearances, the last for Chennai Super Kings in 2014, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2008Kolkata Knight Riders133197129.0123.22/0210.001/2351
2009Kolkata Knight Riders4984324.5166.10/008.50-1
2010Kolkata Knight Riders6943123.5109.30/008.00-4
2011Kings XI Punjab86421*10.7101.60/0112.671/196
2012Kings XI Punjab1639668*33.0129.82/037.002/241
2013Kings XI Punjab122354123.5112.40/008.27-4
2014Chennai Super Kings511650*58.0123.41/0213.412/381

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced36.9%
Balls per four11.9
Balls per six17.9
Dot balls bowled27.1%
Balls per wicket39.6
Catches25
Run-outs5
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Set G₹40 lakhSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹2.50 cr (US$625k)
2011–₹90 lakhSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹6.30 cr (US$1.40m)
2015Batter₹1 crUnsold

Sources